Politics


Construction of a technologic bridge over the Kerch Strait was started in Kuban. Channel One informs about that. It is needed to deliver materials and equipment for the future permanent structure that will unite automobile and railway systems of Crimea and mainland Russia. The first 6 meter long section will span from the Taman shore…

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A gradual repression of Protestantism takes place on the peninsula. A pastor of the protestant church “New Life” the bishop Anatoliy Kalyuzhny informed about that, Sobytiya Kryma reports. “There is a big probability that if this continues, then protestant organizations will be outlawed and won’t be able to function properly, rent accommodations. In other words,…

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Vladimir Putin enumerated main achievements of Russia in 2014, including “annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol”, during the televised phone-in with the nation/ “There are both the annexation of Crimea, Sevastopol, work under complicated economic conditions and successful victorious Olympics of 2014 – Olympic games in Sochi,” Putin said. As a reminder, the Kremlin changed the…

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Those Crimeans who renounced the Russian citizenship face with different kinds of discrimination including the employment sphere. In particular, they are refused to be hired or they are fired. The Crimean Field Mission on Human Rights informs about that on its page in Facebook. “People who wrote an application regarding retaining the Ukrainian citizenship were…

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The mobile communications provider “Intertelecom” suspends the service in the territory of the occupied Crimea. The press-service of the company informs about that. This announcement is placed on the website of the mobile communications provider. “Dear Subscribers! We inform you that due to the impossibility to provide communication services on the basis of approval documents…

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The mobile phone provider “Krymtelecom” will begin to work within the nearest 3 months. The “minister” of internal policy, information and communication Dmitry Polonskyy informed about that. “Nowadays we have a situation when only one mobile phone provider works in the market of the region. Since the providers of the so called “Big three” didn’t…

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In January and February of 2015, volume of trade between Ukraine and Crimea that was occupied by Russia amounted to more than 100 million dollars. This was reported on the website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. In particular, goods for a total amount of 96.5 million dollars were received from the mainland. Products…

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Airports of Crimea lost virtually all the passenger flow in 2014. Information regarding results of the activity of aviation industry enterprises, which were provided by the State Air Service, speaks about that, “Ukrayinska Pravda” reports. The media informs that the passenger flow of the airfield “Belbek” was 24 thousand passengers, including 10 thousand people of…

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Problems with mobile communication, impossibility to use bank cards in the peninsula, logistics system that is not fully established as well as certain media coverage related to the events in Ukraine are among the main threats of the holiday season failure in Crimea. The “minister of resorts and tourism” of Crimea Elena Yurchenko said that,…

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Ukraine will convey water to Crimea through the North Crimean Channel only in case when a legitimate agency appointed according to the law of Ukraine on the occupied territories, with which a contract can be signed, is created in Crimea. The acting chairman of the State Agency for Water Resources Aleksey Chunarev informed about that,…

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